I’m trying to decide if I want to upgrade to the latest version of Carrara from 6 Pro. I’ve not used Carrara in some time now.

First I thought I’d look at the Gallery and found the Carrara / Hexagon Gallery. Problem is none of what comes up is Carrara? None of the images list Carrara in the software used? It’s all Poser, Studio or even Vue but no Carrara renders? Are the Galleries not yet put together? I’d like to see examples of recent renders to know if I should consider the upgrade.

Second, man is this site sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would not mention it if it were just a little slow, but it’s so bad pages are timing out at the store, at the galleries and here at the forums.

I have a pretty limited Carrara gallery here: http://www.3d.wetcircuit.com/category/gallery/
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if you’re looking for a reason to upgrade that would impact your renders, 64bit and render layers (use to be G Buffers) are huge improvements. C8 is MUCH more stable in the texture room, and the OpenGL preview is much improved. Lights (and light effects) can be used as particles, and the atmosphere and Plant room are overhauled. Transparency shader got fancier…. Most things got faster.
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C7.2 is a very stable version. If you can find a cheap upgrade don’t hesitate. C8.5 is also good but still in beta (C8.1 not perfect, but it’s not too crashy)

I have a pretty limited Carrara gallery here: http://www.3d.wetcircuit.com/category/gallery/
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if you’re looking for a reason to upgrade that would impact your renders, 64bit and render layers (use to be G Buffers) are huge improvements. C8 is MUCH more stable in the texture room, and the OpenGL preview is much improved. Lights (and light effects) can be used as particles, and the atmosphere and Plant room are overhauled. Transparency shader got fancier…. Most things got faster.
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C7.2 is a very stable version. If you can find a cheap upgrade don’t hesitate. C8.5 is also good but still in beta (C8.1 not perfect, but it’s not too crashy)

Thanks so much, that’s the sort of info I’m looking for. That and I can get a good idea from galleries. I use Lightwave but I’ve never been thrilled with the interface. I’m thinking of either upgrading Carrara or perhaps leaping into Modo. I wanted to compare what really matters and that’s the output. Thanks again.